Aave V3 vs Binance staked ETH
Aave V3 wins on measured health — 9.3/10 against 8.32/10.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window.
| Measured | Aave V3 | Binance staked ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Status now | Operational | Not published |
| Score On what we could measure: 100% of the criteria weight for Aave V3, 100% for Binance staked ETH. | 9.3/10 | 8.32/10 |
| Value locked | $17.31B | $9.24B |
| Audits | 2 | 2 |
| Age | 4.4 yr | 3.3 yr |
| Chains | 21 | 2 |
| Status feed | statuspage | unknown |
Aave V3
9.3 / 10100% measured$17.31B in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 4.4 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 21 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Security audits: 2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Binance staked ETH
8.32 / 10100% measured$9.24B in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 3.3 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 2 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
A status page exists but publishes no feed we could parse — readable, not auditable. Part of that may be our blind spot (we read three platforms).
Status transparency: A status page exists but publishes no feed we could parse — readable, not auditable. Part of that may be our blind spot (we read three platforms).
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